This is who I am - print heaven!

The theme of this week's Diva's and Dreams' 'this is who I am' workshop we have been instructed to find/make/display a print that means something to us! Well I can never be restrained by just one thing and so in the usual 'lulu style' have found quite a few that mean a lot to me that lie about my house! Now I have practically all my walls covered and framed photos all over the place, but I also have a subordinate amount of little photos that just lie about my house with no frame to call for a home, yes it is very sad! I blame it on the lack of space but really I'm just incredibly disorganized - I call it 'controlled clutter'. Anyho, here are a number of prints that are special to me - I agree wholly with Cristina that in this digital age we can all too soon forget to print up our wonderful images and just fleetingly appreciate them on a laptop screen. Well this shouldn't be and I shall see that I print up many more of my photographs so that I can cherish them in a completely different way!

1) First up is a photo of my mother and father with their first baby, my eldest sister Susie! I love this photo, despite the fact I'm not the baby, because it shows the dawning of their life together 'as parents' and that new found excitement, fear and anticipation for the future. I also love the way they look, aren't they just divine? They were old hats at this parenting lark when I came along......I'm baby no 5 by the way!


2) Second up is an old and rather lacking in colour photograph of myself at the tender age of 2 perhaps. This was before my eyes went all wonky and I was subjected to eye patches eek! Yes this was a very special moment in time, and I look at this photo fondly! I think my mother dressed me well and that I was kinda cute. I see the beginnings to all new beginnings - I need to get this photo restored though!


3) Third up is another photo of me yawnnnn! No really the reason I included this is because this photo arrived in the post only recently with a thank you card! In it Anna (the bride) had included some snaps her wedding photographer had taken on the day. All of his photos were taken on a film camera (a rarity these days) and I just loved the soft grainy feel to it and how different it also felt as a print - not only do I love the composition of this photo but it makes me want to learn how to use a camera with film, I think there is a lot to be said for the old methods of photography!


4) Fourth up is another shot taken by a wedding photographer, this one is of me and my husband at our friend Susie's wedding. We were completely unaware the photo was being taken, and love it all the more because of that! We are scarily aligned in our body language which makes me smile. We did not hesitate to have this printed and framed and now it sits in pride of place in our bedroom. Don't you just love black and white, I do!!!


5) Finally I include a very special framed collection of my siblings and I all around the age of 12 months to two years! I love this more than you can imagine. Each one used to sit individually in it's own frame in my parent's house, but one x-mas they surprised us by having them all copied and mounted in a frame for each and everyone of us - a symbol of the Mackay clan to last eternally in our homes! Here's a question, can you guess which one is me?????


p.s here's one for all times sake - my husband getting some love from the two ladies in his life, Lulu and his mummy, ahhhh!


xx